Archive for the ‘SUP TV’ Category

Want a board that catches bumps with ease and that’s fast and friendly in the flats? Check out the One Evo, new to Big Winds, but hardly new to Aussies. The Evo turned heads at this year’s Gorge Paddle Challenge. Learn how it marries flat water performance and downwind gliding in this exclusive interview with One’s shapers and riders. Find the perfect Evo for you at the link below!

Surfing on the Gold Coast is sometimes akin to being on the set of a soap opera, serial drama every day. But Takuma foils wouldn’t miss an episode, getting amongst it and soaking up the atmosphere of the sunshine state.

The summer trades on Maui have been epic and we’ve had some unusual ground swell, making for super fun Maliko Runs. This was shot yesterday August 5th, 2017 and if you like BIG glides and BIG music and a splash of humor, you’ll love my video.

My long time good friend, Bill Hofmann and I have seen it all together and have paddled winter mountains of water on Maliko. It’s no joke out there and of course the camera ( special top secret GoPro mount ), never really shows the trued size of the swells, but it’s still cool.

This day the swells were topping out in the 6-7ft range but the extremely high tide with the full moon, made for silky smooth glides that connected forever. The wind was gusting up to 35mph, and a steady 25-30mph.

I hope you’ll comment and share the stoke. Be safe out there and where your leash, bring hydration and phone and/or personal beacon.

If you want to REALLY learn more about our famous 10 mile stretch of downwind magic, check out my website:
MALIKORUN.com or go here: https://www.malikorun.com There’s tons of cool clothing and articles and more.

For training tips on how to become a stronger downwind paddlers, check out my other website: SUZIE TRAINS MAUI or go here: http://www.suzietrainsmaui.com

In this video are the highlights of four amazing days of downwind standup paddling on our favorite run, with the wind averaging 35kts (gusts up to 40kts) using the dart and dartprto by coreban and for the video we used a couple of gopro’s…

When there’s chop, you need pop. With the new improved nose shape this board just wants to keep going and going, the added volume allows the board to pop through chop whilst hammering upwind, prevent pitched when downwinding and also gives you super easy catching ability for any bump.

The heightened sidewalls allow for more grip on the waves, less rolling and less splash into the cockpit. On the top of those sidewalls we’ve also added more beach hand mounts to make the board easier for beach starts. The inside tail of the board has been widened with more dug-out rails, this creates more room for your back foot when buoy turning and surfing. The board has been made with a lighter highest grade Biaxial carbon technology, combined with pigment infused resin this is the fastest and lightest Ace ever.

You’re never too young to start living the dream with NSP! Our NSP’s adventurer Michael Meru spent an amazing weekend with his girls surfing the NSP Cocomat in Malibu, California! It’s fascinating to see the level of joy and fun kids have when catching waves!

In this video, DC (Dale Chapman) and Chris Chamberlain walk us through Travis Grant’s Molokai 2 Oahu-winning stand up paddle board, the first unlimited production board to win the M2O.
DC is the shaper and was also on Travis’ support boat for the 5+ hours across the M2O’s Channel of Bones.

Travis’ Board Dimensions:

17’10” x 24.5″ wide unlimited board was designed by Travis Grant and Alain Teurquetil and shaped by DC for NSP. It has a progressive rocker, designed to get up and over the waves, with edge on the rail through the back and rounded more forgiving rails throughout (rolled bottom that Travis likes from his OC-1 background). There are no concaves.

There’s a super interesting section where they discuss Travis’ decision to take two waves into the finish on a board of this size.

“Behind the head” is a short documentary that express and is related with the paddle surfing, stand up paddle or paddle surf. Tells the vocation of two young men from Canary Islands traveling to Iceland to explore and make trips around the ancient lands of Vikings, when sailing is through icy waters with boats and canoes propelled by oars. This story happens a number of unforeseen developments requiring the riders to change routes, look for sudden accommodations and find places suitable for paddling and continue the journey.

“The dimensions on this one are 18×24.3. It was our first prototype.
They will be available and some shops are starting to order them so they will start popping up. The standard sizes are 24, 25.5 and 27. All 18 long.
Yes it is foot steering.
No you really don’t need to move back on this board as much as other unlimiteds but it’s very different to any other unlimited as you can see.”

Want to take your SUP surfing to the next level? If so, you’ll probably be looking to lose some volume in your next board. While providing close to shortboard levels of agility once you are on a wave, low volume SUPs are not exactly the easiest things to paddle around on. In this video, the Blue Planet Team provide a few pointers and also a few reasons why one would ride a small Stand Up Surfboard.

Here is some drone footage of yesterday’s Wet Feet/ Blue Planet WPA Hawaii regional race. The wind was light but made for good conditions on a beautiful day on Oahu’s famous North shore. The start was at Sunset Beach, some of the footage was shot off Shark’s Cove in Pupukea and the finish was in Haleiwa. Kai Chong finished first with a good lead followed by Kione Dahlin, Buzzy Kerbox, Tyler Jaggers and Noah Garfield. The fastest women were Jenn Lee, Kiyomi Sheppard, and Jane McKee. Peter Balding and Colleen Tessler were the fastest prone paddlers. Congratulations to all finishers!

Stand up paddle boarding – The Flip Rescue (Board to Board)
The flip rescue is to pull a stand up paddler out of the water who can’t do so themselves usually do fatigue.

The rescue comes from the raft industry. It also works for pulling swimmers or flipped kayak/canoeists onto your board.

The shown method is for stand up paddlers to pull another stand up paddler out of the water. If practice often, it can be completed in rough water in less than a minute. I’ve done it in whirlpools for a fatigued student at Deception Pass in Washington State.

How to..
– Paddle your board over to the capsized paddler.
– Ask if they’re cold, how long they’ve bee in the water
– While doing so, flip their board fin up. Easiest to do so with two hands at the tail.
– Climb on your knees from your board to theirs using your paddle as a brace across both
– Pull the victim in and have them face you in the Middle of their board
– Drop both paddles in the water between the victim and their board
– Ask them to cross their arms, then grab their hands (not wrists)
– While doing so, stand up on their board and step their opposite rail.
– Kick your board back (should be on leash)
– Then fall back into the water.
– Once they’re their board, move to towards their tail (same side) and reaching over their board, pull their legs on
– Get back on your board and tow or push with your board (nose to tail) them back to shore. Call for 911 or the CG on channel 16 if you’re unable to reach shore to prevent hypothermia or to properly perform CPR.
**Practice often to do the flip under a minute and be open to them falling back off, or having to find a Plan B solution. When you tow or push them to shore, ask the victim to lie prone (chest) or sit to prevent from falling off again.
**Always wear your PFD and leash to stay off the news.